WEBVTT LOR A NEWWHEEL CHAIR.REPORTER ONE OF THE GREATESTTHINGS ABOUT BEING ABLE TO GET ANEW MOTORIZED WHEELCHAIR IS THATTAEL WILL BE ABLE TO GO FROMCLASS TO CLASS ON HER OWN.IT'S FOAM FUN AND FACE PAINTINGFOR A GOOD CAUSE, THIS CARNIVALWAS A FUNDRAISER FOR LITTLETAELOR HERON.SHE WAS DIAGNOSED WITH MUSCULARDISTROPHY A FEW YEARS AGO.THAT DIAGNOSIS TOOK A GREAT DEALOF HER INDEPENDENCE AWAY.A NEW MOTORIZED CHAIR WILL GIVESOME BACK.>> I'M EXCITED BECAUSE I CANPLAY WITH MY SISTER.REPORTER: AND THE THOUGHT OFTHAT, BROUGHT TAELOR TO TEARS.>> THEY ALWAYS ASK ME TO GOOUTSIDE WITH THEM, AND I CAN'T.REPORTER: IT IS OK TO CRY.THE DEGREE IS PROGRESSIVE, ANDTHAT MAKES PUSHING HERSELF HARD.>> SHE WAS HAVING A HARD TIMEUSING HER UPPER BODY STRENGTH TOACTUALLY GET HERSELF AROUND.REPORTER: TAELOR'S MOM TACHASAYS THEY WERE HAVING SOMEISSUES WITH INSURANCE TO GET ANALL-TERRAIN WHEELCHAIR BUT THE, DONATIONS ARE TAKING OF IT.TAELOR IS ALREADY MAKING A LISTOF THINGS SHE CAN'T WAIT TO DO,LIKE THIS.>> I WOULD BE HAPPY TO GO FETHE ANIMALS.REPORTER: TAELOR IS GRATEFUL FORTHE SUPPORT.

It’s not easy, but she is handling it with a smile. Her bright spirit brought several people within and outside the Luther community to raise money on her behalf.

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Their goal is to raise enough money to get Taelor a new wheelchair.

One of the great things about being able to get a new motorized wheelchair thanks to donations is that Taelor will be able to go from class to class on her own.

The Luther community raised money for Taelor at a carnival with foam fun and face painting.

“Humbled and blessed. Just to have so many people come together to give her what she deserves makes her life that much easier,” mother Tacha Heron said.

Taelor was diagnosed with muscular dystrophy a few years ago. That diagnosis took a great deal of her independence away, but a new motorized chair will give some back.

“I’m excited because I can play with my sisters,” she said.

The thought of that brought Taelor to tears.

“They always ask me to go outside with them. I can’t,” she said.

Taelor is in a wheelchair now, but the disease is progressive. That makes pushing herself difficult.

“She was having a hard time using her upper body strength to actually get herself around,” Heron said.

Taelor’s mother said they were having some issues with insurance to get an all-terrain wheelchair, but the donations are taking care of it. The brave 12-year-old girl is already making a list of things she can’t wait to do.

“I would be happy to go feed the animals, cows and horses,” Taelor said.

And it looks like she will soon be able to just that, and Taelor is grateful for the support.

“Thank you,” she said.

Stadium Auto in Arlington, Texas, and other companies made big donations, and Opus Entertainment made the carnival possible.